diff --git a/error.c b/error.c
index 92c35d5d67..85d9581689 100644
--- a/error.c
+++ b/error.c
@@ -1162,19 +1162,21 @@ VALUE
 rb_get_backtrace(VALUE exc)
 {
     ID mid = id_backtrace;
+    VALUE info;
     if (rb_method_basic_definition_p(CLASS_OF(exc), id_backtrace)) {
-	VALUE info, klass = rb_eException;
+	VALUE klass = rb_eException;
 	rb_execution_context_t *ec = GET_EC();
 	if (NIL_P(exc))
 	    return Qnil;
 	EXEC_EVENT_HOOK(ec, RUBY_EVENT_C_CALL, exc, mid, mid, klass, Qundef);
 	info = exc_backtrace(exc);
 	EXEC_EVENT_HOOK(ec, RUBY_EVENT_C_RETURN, exc, mid, mid, klass, info);
-	if (NIL_P(info))
-	    return Qnil;
-	return rb_check_backtrace(info);
     }
-    return rb_funcallv(exc, mid, 0, 0);
+    else {
+	info = rb_funcallv(exc, mid, 0, 0);
+    }
+    if (NIL_P(info)) return Qnil;
+    return rb_check_backtrace(info);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_exception.rb b/test/ruby/test_exception.rb
index 8dafa45120..fddb0f3a0f 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_exception.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_exception.rb
@@ -1236,6 +1236,16 @@ $stderr = $stdout; raise "\x82\xa0"') do |outs, errs, status|
         raise RuntimeError, "hello"
       }
     end;
+
+    error_class = Class.new(StandardError) do
+      def backtrace; :backtrace; end
+    end
+    begin
+      raise error_class
+    rescue error_class => e
+      assert_raise(TypeError) {$@}
+      assert_raise(TypeError) {e.full_message}
+    end
   end
 
   def test_backtrace_in_eval